New ZealandAfter 120 knockbacks, where are the jobs?Peter Milne has one question for a government advisory group that wants more beneficiaries to have to look for work: Where are the jobs?21 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandGovt rules out cutting the doleThe Government won't consider reductions to main benefit levels including the sickness, invalid's, unemployment and domestic purposes benefits as part of any welfare overhaul recommended by the Welfare Working Group tomorrow.21 Feb 05:51 AM
WorldEcstasy does not damage brain, robust study saysPrevious drug surveys exaggerated, claims professor who selected subjects carefully20 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandGirl bully to be taken out of school by mumOne of the girls who allegedly attacked a fellow student at Morrinsville College last week is to be pulled out of school voluntarily by her mother.18 Feb 08:12 PM
New ZealandGPs develop plan to get invalids off benefitA consortium of North Shore doctors has a radical proposal to use health professionals to help sickness and invalid beneficiaries back to work.18 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandKey 'disconnected' from average Kiwis - homeless coalitionJohn Key has been accused of being disconnected after saying that beneficiaries who resort to food banks do so out of their own "poor choices".17 Feb 12:54 AM
New ZealandFood parcel families made poor choices, says KeyJohn Key says beneficiaries who resort to food banks do so out of their own "poor choices" rather than because they cannot afford food.16 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandWin a wife contest stays, with a name changeA radio station's controversial 'win a wife' competition is going ahead - with a tongue-in-cheek name change - despite allegations it devalues marriage and violates human dignity.16 Feb 06:15 AM
LifestyleMother's tearful plea to have her daughter sterilisedThe mother of a pregnant woman with learning difficulties pleaded with a UK court yesterday for her daughter to be sterilised to stop her having any more children.16 Feb 02:30 AM
New ZealandQC to investigate naming of sex abuse victimsA Queen's Counsel will carry out an investigation into the publication of the names of two sexual abuse victims on a Ministry of Justice website.15 Feb 10:58 PM
New ZealandJudge: Breach was court's faultThe Chief High Court Judge, Justice Helen Winkelmann, says the court failed to note suppression rules on a judgement which led to two sexual abuse victims being named on the Ministry of Justice website.14 Feb 05:25 AM
New ZealandIndependent reviewer to look at suppression breachAn independent reviewer is to be appointed to look into the accidental publishing of two sexual abuse victims' names on the Ministry of Justice website.13 Feb 11:41 PM
New ZealandUkrainians offended by 'win a wife' competitionA radio promotion offering the chance to win a 'hot' wife from Ukraine has offended New Zealand immigrants from the eastern European country.11 Feb 03:49 AM
New ZealandCompanies asked to pull ads over 'Win a wife' competitionA Facebook group aiming stop a controversial "win a wife" radio competition is asking companies to pull advertising from the station.11 Feb 02:58 AM
New ZealandNZers in Oz taking legal action over 'discriminatory' lawSick and disabled NZers are taking legal action against the Australian Government over what they call a "discriminatory" law denying them medical care and other state support.09 Feb 03:40 AM
New ZealandCall for cigarette display ban this yearVisible cigarette advertising displays will go within nine months following tobacco law changes, if public health officials get their way.09 Feb 12:40 AM
LifestyleMost NZers would rather give up alcohol than sex - pollMost New Zealanders would rather give up alcohol than forgo sex, but a fifth of women and a 10th of men would rather have a drink than a romp in the sack, according to a new poll.06 Feb 01:11 AM
New ZealandStreet art: Signatures of styleTo some they're ugly scrawls that desecrate the urban landscape, to others they're street art. Paula Yeoman looks at the graffiti debate.05 Feb 04:30 PM
New ZealandDrinks giant threatened to pull TVNZ accountPernod Ricard threatened to pull its advertising from TVNZ after a vodka ad was placed alongside a story about a schoolboy who drank himself to death.03 Feb 05:28 AM
New ZealandNZ world drug kingpin jailedA Kiwi at the centre of an international drug ring has been jailed for over 11 years.03 Feb 12:00 AM
